Running 2007 NHL regular season thread

Thanks for the link, Elliott. Good that Campbell can stand by his words and actions. But I still think he has a dartboard of numbers that he shoots at sometimes.

I can't judge on the severity of Pronger's action, since I haven't seen the clip yet.

 

It seems to me that there is a sliding scale here, not on the infringement, but on how many games you've been suspended for in the past.

Simon's suspensions have gotten progressively longer, going from 25 to 30 for his last transgression. As someone noted earlier, Pronger's suspensions have been -- in games -- 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 4, 4, 8. While there is the one suspension that went down in the middle there, it seems like a logic puzzle as to how long Pronger's next suspension would be, and that doesn't seem right.

I think the latest suspension had to carry three or four games into the playoffs for it to have any weight.

 

Was the one-gamer in between the 2 and the 4 a playoff suspension?

 

Good grab on the Russo, Elliotte.

I mentioned this before but I'll float it out there again.

Campbell says there were extenuating circumstances when it comes to Simon's suspension--no argument there.

I still think you could make the argument that losing Pronger for 8 games is far worse than 30 for Simon.

I mean, what's he play--two minutes a game versus Pronger's what, 25-30 minutes?

You cannot replace Pronger's ice time. Simon could leave the game and no one would notice.

 

June 3, 2007: with Anaheim - one playoff game, blow to the head (Ottawa's Dean McAmmond).
May 15, 2007: with Anaheim - one playoff game, blow to the head (Detroit's Tomas Holmstrom).
March 14, 2004: with St. Louis - one game, kicking (Calgary's Ville Nieminen)
April 3, 2002: with St. Louis - two games, cross-check (Dallas's Brenden Morrow).
Oct. 11, 2000: with St. Louis - one game, leaving bench for altercation (Los Angeles's Kelly Buchberger).
Dec. 17, 1998: with St. Louis - four games, high stick (Phoenix's Jeremy Roenick).
Oct. 29, 1995: with St. Louis - four games, slashing (Washington's Pat Peake)

Sorry, I was readling the list in inverse order, as he's gone on, the punishments have gotten lighter.

So there's absolutely no logic to my previous theory.

 

Of course there is a discrepancy between the Simon and Pronger suspensions. Simon is nothing more than a fourth liner, a fighter, and Pronger is a superstar. No one is going to buy a ticket to see Chris Simon. People will buy ducats to see Pronger.

It doesn't make it right. But it's the reality of the situation.

 

This is my sad face. Just saw a note from Christensen. He's done for the year.

 

Well, crap. What happened?

 

MB - knee injury suffered against FLA.

 

MCL ... finishing a check Sunday against Florida. Too bad since an AJC story I just read has Waddell referring to Crush as one of his 'high-end centres.'

 

Damn. Loved (though maybe not in the same way as Flash) that guy. And he was finally getting a chance to get some quality time, too.

 

Three Southeast Division teams -- Carolina, Washington and Tampa Bay -- are on the road this week because their home arenas are hosts for NCAA men's basketball tournament subregionals.

Apparently the Avalanche will have to open the playoffs on the road even if it has home-ice advantage because its arena is host for the Frozen Four.